Arsenal welcome Brighton as the Gunners look to march on to the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup.

Brighton have lost just one of their last five matches across all competitions and reached this round of the cup via back-to-back 6-0 victories over Oxford and Barnsley.

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📈 Arsenal v Brighton Form & Tactics

Arsenal look like a really complete side and stretched their winning run to seven games across all competitions with their 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at the weekend.

That performance and result was expected for the Gunners, but the game that really caught my eye was their 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. I have rarely seen Diego Simeone’s side bullied and out of ideas but Arsenal really took them apart expertly with a performance to suggest they can really challenge on all fronts this term.

The only slight concern I’d have with Arsenal at the moment is their overreliance on set pieces as a path to goal. 

The Gunners rank 14th in the Premier League when it comes to scoring goals from open play and Arteta will just have to be cautious that Arsenal’s strength doesn’t become their only trick, with only five goals from open play in the Premier League this term. 

That being said, the general direction of travel of the Premier League leans towards physicality and set pieces so this could be the perfect environment for Arsenal to thrive. 

Brighton have never won a major trophy, but like many of the mid table sides last season, they would have seen the scenes with Palace and Tottenham as they ended trophy droughts last year and will be eager to add to the silverware cabinet themselves. 

Their squad is suited to a cup run with depth all over the park. It’s unfortunate that they’ve been drawn against the strongest side in the league at the moment, but Brighton can take confidence from their two 6-0 wins in the competition so far. 

📔 Arsenal v Brighton Formation & Team News

Arsenal line up in a 4-3-3 on paper, but this becomes a 3-4-3 when Arsenal are in possession with Arteta now encouraging his wide players to tuck in from the touchline slightly which is proving to be really effective. You can see this for Arsenal’s second goal against Atletico Madrid as Martinelli makes one of these incisive inside runs. He made a similar movement from the opposite side of the pitch against Manchester City.

Arteta had previously instructed his wingers to stay as wide as possible, but this switch to encourage them to make more penetrative runs naturally makes Arsenal are more threatening side in the final third. This has been made possible by the presence of Viktor Gyokeres who is able to occupy centre backs and create channels for the likes of Saka and Martinelli to exploit.

Arsenal have quite a few doubts for this game and I wouldn't be surprised to see them rotate for this encounter. Declan Rice, Ricardo Calafiori, William Saliba and Martin Odegaard are all doubts for this game. Havertz, Jesus and Madueke are longer term absentees that also won’t be available here.

Brighton line up in a 4-2-3-1 with a focus on platforming their wide players in dangerous positions as often as possible. Mitoma is injured at the moment so their biggest threat is likely to be Yankuba Minteh who impressed again against Manchester United last time out. 

Brighton can be quite open at the back, as the four goals they conceded at Old Trafford shows, and will need to temper their approach here to ensure that they aren’t blown away by Arsenal.

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